Improvement in whip-sockets



J. LAKE.

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JOHN LAKE, OF HAYDENVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IM PROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKETS.

Specification farming part of Letters Patent No. 46,680, dated March '7, 1865.

To all/whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN LAKE, of Haydenville, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improvement in whip-sockets and in the manner of attaching them to the dashboards of vehicles; and ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section ot' my invention, a-pplied or attached to a dash-board according to my improved plan 5 Fig. 2, a plan or top View of the same. l

Similar letters ot` reference indicate like parts.

. A represents a whip-socket, which may be constructed ot'metal, hard rubber, leather, or any other suitable material. Within this socket there are' secured springs, B. Three would-be the most desirable number. These springs are constructed of dat metal plates, bent or curved so as to have a swell, a, at their centers projecting radially inward toward the center of the socket, the springs being at equal distances apart and placed uprightly within the socket, with their upper and lower ends secured by solder or otherwise to the inner surface thereof.

C represents a funnel shaped plate which rests on a spiral spring, D, fitted in the lower part of the socket and having its lower part or end attached thereto. This plate C supports the whip in the socket, and in consequence of resting upon the spiral spring D yields or gives when the butt of the whip comes in contact with it, and thereby prevents the bottom b of the socket being forced or broken out when the whip is shoved into the latter. The springs B support the whip properly in the socket, yielding or giving when the lower end of the former is thrust into the latter, and grasping the whip just above the butt.

The socket A has two or more springs, E, attached to its exterior. These springs are constructed of dat metal plates bent in U form and projecting tangentially from the socket, with their ends slightly curved inward and then outward, as shown at C in Fig. 2. These springs E thus formed or constructed constitute clamps to secure the socket to the dashboard F, the springs being slipped over one side thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

By this. arrangement the socket may be adjusted to the dashboard and detached therefrom, and the socket taken from the dashboard of one vehicle and applied to that ot another.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The springs B, placed within the socket and arranged substantiallyas and-for the purpose set forth.

'2. The plate C with the spring D underneath it, arranged within the lower part of the socket to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The securing of the socket to the dashboard by means of the springs E, substantially as shown and described.

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